IC 667

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Galaxy
IC 667
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SDSS recording
SDSS recording
AladinLite
Constellation lion
Position
equinoxJ2000.0 , epoch : J2000.0
Right ascension 11 h 06 m 36.5 s
declination + 15 ° 05 ′ 19 ″
Appearance
Morphological type S0 / a  
Brightness  (visual) 14.2 mag
Brightness  (B-band) 15.2 mag
Angular expansion 0.3 ′ × 0.3 ′
Surface brightness 11.4 mag / arcmin²
Physical data
Redshift 0.033040 ± 0.000153  
Radial velocity (9905 ± 46) km / s  
Stroke distance
v rad  / H 0
(439 ± 31)  ·  10 6  ly
(134.6 ± 9.4)  Mpc 
history
discovery Stéphane Javelle
Discovery date January 15, 1894
Catalog names
IC  667 • PGC  33603 • CGCG  095-111 NED01 • 2MASX  J11063651 + 1505192 •

IC 667 is a lenticular galaxy of the Hubble type S0 in the constellation Leo on the ecliptic . It is estimated to be 439 million light years from the Milky Way .

The object was discovered on January 15, 1894 by the French astronomer Stéphane Javelle .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b c d NASA / IPAC EXTRAGALACTIC DATABASE
  2. a b c d e SEDS : IC 667
  3. Seligman